Articles Posted in the Economy Category
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Pew: Bank Fees No. 1 Reason Los Angeles Latinos Closed Bank Accounts Last Year
emailThe number of unbanked Los Angeles Latino families, those without checking or savings accounts, is rising and bank fees are the number one reason why they closed their accounts in 2010, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. In 2010, 13 percent of Latino families in Los Angeles closed bank accounts while [...]
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Job Alert: McDonald’s is hiring…50,000 people?
Mark your calendars for April 19th. McDonald’s may not be the most glamorous job, but store managers can earn up to $50,000 a year and there is upward mobility for some employees to move into corporate positions. So, what is happening on April 19th? McDonald’s plans on hiring 50,o00 workers that day to fill a [...]
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NYC to welcome WAL-MART?
After two failed attempts, Wal-Mart is attempting to enter NYC once again. There was much opposition in their past attempts due to their bad reputation and controversy in terms of how they affect mom and pop shops, and their unfair treatment towards their employees. Things are different this time around, Wal-Mart has a chance of [...]
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Video: Something we already know – great deals at Latino Meat Markets
What meats do you prefer buying at Latino Meat Markets and which kinds do you like getting at the grocery store? Video report is from Houston’s ABC 13. What do you think? Leave comments below or share them with us on Twitter and Facebook.
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Chipotle feeds kids with spam (the e-mail kind)
There is a Chipotle and a Qdoba both within a couple blocks of our office and a Baja Fresh a few more blocks away and we’ve gone to all three. This post isn’t about Mexican food reviews though because we wanted to share a fun program that Chipolte is doing to help kids eat healthy [...]
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New Programs on Univision, Telemundo, Mun2 & others
When will your favorite TV shows return and which news shows will join the lineup? Those questions and more are being answered by some of your favorite networks including Univision, Telemundo, Mun2 and MTV Tr3s as part of their “upfronts” which is an annual meeting where they announce program changes and start selling billions of dollars [...]
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Global PR Firm Seeks Social Media All-Stars for NYC Internship
We wanted to pass along some information regarding a great spring internship opportunity in the New York Digital group of my full-time employer Fleishman-Hillard. We’re looking for social media all-stars who can start in January/February 2010. Please see post below with the details and requirements. If you’re not able to do the spring internship, the [...]
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Tough Commute Continues for Hispanics in NYC
It’s been a tough week for many people in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan and for others who rely on New York City’s #1 subway to get to work, school and around the City since part of the 181st station’s roof collapsed over the train tracks closing the station for more than a week. [...]
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Hatred for Hispanics continues in New York
Sound familiar? It should because it’s barely been nine months since a group of teenagers stabbed Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero to death. His case is still in court. One of the men allegedly struck the victim in the face and knocked him to the ground, according to police and they stole cash and other personal [...]
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Is the Más Club too much? Latinos will decide…
The latest attempt for Wal-Mart to cash in on Latinos is the Más Club, which opened in Houston on Thursday, which targets recent immigrants who miss those familiar foods of home — in American-style bulk sizes. The Sam’s Club spinoff is part of a broader effort by the retailer to target the nation’s fast-growing Latino [...]
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Obama Gives Update on Immigration Reform
President Barack Obama said on Friday he expects Congress to overhaul the country’s immigration system, an issue that fires up emotions on both sides of the political divide, by “early next year,” Reuters reports. Obama has been criticized for not following through on a campaign pledge to tackle the issue this year. He has urged [...]
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Sabes which state has the highest Hispanic unemployment?
It’s not California, it´s not Texas, and it´s not Florida. If you take a gamble and guessed the Silver State, you´re right! Nevada, had a 16.4 percent Hispanic unemployment rate during the second quarter of 2009, followed by California at 15.7 percent. Hispanics in Nevada were 1.7 times as likely to be unemployed as non-Hispanic [...]
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Utah Latinos not Graduating High School
Politicians call it the achievement gap. Educators and families call it heartbreaking. Only 69 percent of Latino students graduate from Utah high schools compared with 91 percent of white students. Many challenges keep young Latinos from graduating: language barriers, economic pressures, lack of role models and stereotyping in schools, to name a few. Experts say [...]
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iPhone and Dos Lives Mania at the Apple Store
Did you know that 24% of iPhone owners are Hispanic? Si, si it’s true. You could tell there were a lot of bicultural Latinos at the Apple Store today for the launch of the new iPhone…just take a look at what Web site was on all of the new MacBooks. What do you think? Leave [...]
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If you’re Latino and in Philly, try these…
As summer time starts to come closer and closer we wonder, “Where are we going for vacation!?” While our families are busy planning our vacations, we start to think why we are going with them. But remember, Latinos are family-oriented so wherever mom, dad, abuelito, tia, prima, etc are going…we also tag along. So where [...]
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